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MN90: The Two-headed director from St. Louis Park

Minnesota natives Joel and Ethan Coen are two of the most original, creative filmmakers working today. Their Academy-award winning 1996 film Fargo, put Minnesota on the cinematic map. Since their first noir thriller, 1984’s Blood Simple, the Coens have released about a dozen quirky, totally unique, films. Their 2009 film, A Serious Man, was based on their childhood growing up Jewish in 1960s St. Louis Park. As MN90 producer Marisa Helms reports, the Coen Brothers are true Minnesota originals.

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MN90: How Dinkytown Got Its Name

It’s a mystery on the scale of the Egyptian pyramids and with as many red herrings as an Agatha Christie novel. How did Dinkytown get its name? Britt Aamodt follows the evidence to the University of Minnesota campus for some answers.